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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Antya-līlā · Chapter 4: Sanātana Gosvāmī Visits the Lord at Jagannātha Purī
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.5

ঝারিখণ্ডের জলের দোষে, উপবাস হৈতে ।

গাত্রে কণ্ডু হৈল, রসা পড়ে খাজুয়াইতে ॥ ৫ ॥

jhārikhaṇḍera jalera doṣe, upavāsa haite

gātre kaṇḍu haila, rasā paḍe khājuyāite

Translation

Because of bad water in the Jhārikhaṇḍa forest and because of fasting, Sanātana Gosvāmī contracted a disease that made his body itch. Thus he was afflicted with itching sores from which fluid oozed.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Sanātana suffers illness during his journey

  1. 1

    Bad water in the Jhārikhaṇḍa forest and fasting caused Sanātana Gosvāmī to contract a disease.

  2. 2

    The disease made his body itch.

  3. 3

    He suffered from itching sores from which fluid oozed.

How it feels

Despair met with care. Sanātana’s wish to die is interrupted by the Lord’s protective insistence on his future service.

The mood of Antya 4 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 4: Sanātana Gosvāmī Visits the Lord at Jagannātha Purī

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Because of bathing in bad water and not getting enough food every day while traveling on the path through Jhārikhaṇḍa (Jharkhand) Forest, he developed a disease that made his body itch. Suffering greatly from this itching, he resolved that in the presence of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu he would throw himself under the wheel of Jagannātha’s car and in this way commit suicide.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. jhārikhaṇḍeraat the place known as Jhārikhaṇḍa
  2. jaleraof the water
  3. doṣeby the fault
  4. upavāsa haiteby fasting
  5. gātreon the body
  6. kaṇḍuitches
  7. hailathere were
  8. rasāfluid
  9. paḍeoozes out
  10. khājuyāiteby itching
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this account help you recognize the physical suffering Sanātana Gosvāmī endured?

Practice

Take a moment to acknowledge Sanātana Gosvāmī’s suffering as you reread the verse.

Live this todaySanātana suffers illness during his journeyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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